Box 128
Container
Contains 6 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1882 September-October
File — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. Most of the materials are of a personal nature between Davis and his wife, children, or other family members. It includes letters from Mary Custis Lee and Braxton Bragg, as well as letters from Davis to General Robert E. Lee, General Josiah Gorgas, and prominent Tuscaloosa businessman, Robert Jemison. In addition to his correspondence, there are a few of Davis’s writings such as his inauguration speech and the first draft of...
Dates:
1882 September-October
Jefferson Davis to Dear Addison (Hayes). Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 September 4
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Writes of his ideas of having some levees built in order to control the water at flood stage at the plantation.
Dates:
1882 September 4
Husband to Wife. New Orleans., 1882 September 12
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
An appeal for an answer to his letter sent two months earlier.
Dates:
1882 September 12
W.N. Pendleton to friend (Jefferson Davis). Lexington, Va., 1882 September 13
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Pertains to business matters.
Dates:
1882 September 13
Your Father to Pollie. Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 October 12
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Writes of his loneliness after her departure.
Dates:
1882 October 12
Jefferson Davis to Sir (General A.C. Dodge) Beauvoir., 1882 October 26
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. Most of the materials are of a personal nature between Davis and his wife, children, or other family members. It includes letters from Mary Custis Lee and Braxton Bragg, as well as letters from Davis to General Robert E. Lee, General Josiah Gorgas, and prominent Tuscaloosa businessman, Robert Jemison. In addition to his correspondence, there are a few of Davis’s writings such as his inauguration speech and the first draft of...
Dates:
1882 October 26